Holder fob desk-calendars



R. A. STITH.

HOLDER FOR DESK CALENDARS.

APPLICATION 'FILED $59.14, |918.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.v

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

R. A. STITH.

HOLDER FOR DESK CALENDARS.

ARPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1918.

Nov. 4, 1919.

Patented 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

5 Mme/nto@ @mmf/JWM flttozmu ROBERT A. STITH, OF BROGKLYN, NEW-YORK.

HOLDER FOB DESK-CALENBARSL Specification of Letters Patent; f Patented NOV. 4,. i919.

Appncation med February 14,1918. serial No. aratro( To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known thatl, ROBERT 1 Srrrri, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Holder for Desk-Calendars,

, of which the following is a speCC''OH- Y .This invention'` is a holder for desk calendars, and, speaking generally, the object of the invention 1s a calendar holder, .of the vtvne saecified which is sim )le in construction, economical to manufacture and eiiicient in operation.

Desk calendar holders, as heretofore constructed, embodied, among other features, manually adjustable means for forcing the calendar support upwardly, in order to compensate for thereduction in depth of the calendar as the individual leaves thereof were gradually removed. To accomplish this result, different mechanical expediente were availed of, such as feedr screws, but they'all embodied manually operated means v sitating the intervention of the user. lula'm'festly, such expediente are attendant, with pronounced disadvantages which it is notne'cessary to specifically enumerate.

The present invention, in pronounced contradistinction, dispenses with all mechanical operations incident to the normal einployment of the calendar in that it embodies means for automatically holding the calendar pad in position, thereby obviating any attention or adjustment on the part of the operator.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent in the herein after detailed description, taken in conjunction with the annexed` drawings and appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings I have illustrated different practical embodiments of the invention, but these are to be understood as showing the preferred forms of the invention. Y

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder and calendar, certain parts of the operative mechanism beinfr shown in dotted lines;

Big. 2 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of the holder and calendar;

Fig. 3 is a oerspective view of a modiied form of iolder and calendar, certain arts of the holder being shown in dotted nes; and l Y lis a longitudinal sectional view of the construction. shownin F ig. 3, V

j `Referring to thedrawings, and particularly to Figs'. l and 2, D is the desk calendar pad, of usual form, C the inclined support therefor, andv B a .movable,retainerorv follower for holding the calendar pad D in proper position on its support or base C.

Cooperating with the retainer or follower is a spring A, the function of which is to guide and draw the follower B downwardly, thereby keeping it in engagement with the upper surface of the pad in order to automatically compensate for the leavesl or pages removed therefrom. 4This 'function is effected .by means of the outer leavesof the spring A, the ends vY of which lexert a downwardV pressure on lugs extending in# wardly, on either side, from the bottom edges of theside walls of follower B.

Spring Aie provided, with a third sprin member, intermediate the leaf springs Ydescribed, tlie free, endy of which has an up wardly extending arm X, adapted to project and extend through the customary perforation r3 in the paid, the upper end of said arm X,'engaging with the under side of top wall 62- of follower B." lThis construction, cooperates with follower B, securesthe pad p li ' against longitudinal or lateral movement,

being readily removed.

p The s i le walls of support C are preferably interned at their forward edges', so as to and yet permits of the top sheet 'of the pad form lei-'shaped flanges 0, and the front edges of side walls of follower B are turned in- .warpd ly,y forming ianges b3; which interfit with the flanges @,tliereby serving to -'acsecurely locked in position by means of a small downward projection y, stamped from the upper surface f of base C, and extending downwardly and abutting against the front edge of turned over portion e.

It vwill be observed that the device thus describedv is composed of three parts, namely, support C, follower B and spring A. Referring now to Figs. 3 and 4, I have shown a calendar pad holder, operating on the same general principle as that dcscribed, but composed of'two members. In

v other words, the spring member, instead of being a separate element, is part 'of or integral with the base ,membenV In the said Figs. 3 and 4, D is the pad and B the follower, the same as heretofore'described. C- is the base member, extending.downwardly lower edge of follower-B, thereby drawing main elements described.

the follower downwardly and keeping the under face of its upper surface in following engagement with the calendar pad I);

Similarly Vto the first Vform described, follower B is provided with flanges b3 lwhich interiit with'the U-shaped flanges c at the forward edges of support C.

V It will be observed that in both fo-rms of the device described, there is providedv a support for the pad, a follower and a spring member or members coperating with the support and follower for pressing the 'follower ldownward'. YIn bothforms of the device, moreover, certain adjunctive features, such as those specified, may also be employed to increase the efficiency of operation of the It` will be. understood, of course, that slight changes may be made in the invention described, such as the substitution of equivalents, without departing from the spirit or o'f the class de-` scribed embodying a support for the calendar pad, a movable retainer or follower c0- operating with said support for retaining the pad in the proper position on the support, means for forcing said follower down-v wardly in order to compensate for the reduced thickness of the pad owing to the removal of leaves therefrom, and a member, extending through a perforation of the pad and coperating with the follower, for preventing longitudinal displacement of the leaves of the pad. y n y 2. A calendar holder of the clasps described embodyiiig a'support for the calendar pad, and. movableretainer'or follower coperating with said support for retaining the pad in proper position onl the support, and means for automatically drawing said follower downwardly in order to compen-VV sateJ for the reduced thickness of the pad owing to the removal of leaves therefrom, and a member, extending through a perforation of the pad and coperatingwith the follower, for 'preventing longitudinal dis placement of the'leaves of the pad.

3. In a calendarv holder, a calendar support, `a spring pressedvfollower, a spring for pressing the follower, and a member` eX- tendible through a erforation in the calenf darpad vfor maintaining thewlatter against Y inadvertent displacement on the holder.

4:. A calendar holder embodying a sup'- port,1a follower, interfitting flanges on the follower and support for guiding lthe Vfollower for movement toward and awayV from the support, anda'le'a'f spring associated with the follower and supportfor preserv- Y ing an operative relation with respect to the pad on the support. Y v

In testimony whereof, I have V,signedmy name to this specification.

ROBERT A. s'rrr-H. v

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